Where did the English Bingham family come from? What is the English Bingham family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bingham family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bingham family history?

The name Bingham has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived at Bingham in the county of Nottinghamshire. The name of that place is derived from the Old Norse word bingr, meaning stall or manger, and the Old English word ham, meaning settlement or village.

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Bingham have been found, including Bingham, Binham, Bingam, Binghame and others.

First found in Nottinghamshire at Bingham, a market town in the Rushcliffe borough that has existed since at least the Domesday Book where it was listed as Bingheham which probably meant "homestead of the family or followers of a man called Bynna" from the Old English personal name + ham. [1] Bingham was a wapentake (hundred) in the central bottom portion of Nottinghamshire.

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bingham research. Another 175 words(12 lines of text) covering the years 1090, 1246, 1300, 1915, 1615, 1673, 1645, 1659, 1668, 1723, 1573, 1658, 1607, 1639, 1625, 1682, 1662, 1654, 1714, 1692, 1714 and are included under the topic Early Bingham History in all our PDF Extended History products.

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Bingham, or a variant listed above:

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

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The Bingham Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bingham Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.